The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1)

by Patrick Ness

[alindstadtcorbeax]

RE-READ! 12/18/2020: —> 5 Stars
(Always!)

Star Rating: —> 5 Stars

Seriously;
FIVE
⭐️glorious,
⭐️magnificent,
⭐️wonderful,
⭐️original,
⭐️beautiful,
STARS!

[March 6th, 2019 - Just wanted to add the actual star rating & an original review date because I didn’t do that below! This is one of the first reviews I wrote on here I think? Anyway. This is one of my favorite series of all time. Its life changing stuff, Truly; it literally is for me... as I tentatively wrote a few sentences about (you don’t have to read if you don’t want, just skip the italics haha)]
My life changing so drastically when I got sick (rare immune deficiency blah blah blah no complaining), books & music were my only constants- both things I’ve loved practically since birth lol- and I just could NOT read. This left me in an awful state of chaos (eeyyyy Chaos Walking ! Lol).
The Knife Of Never Letting Go & the rest of The Chaos Walking Trilogy saved me from this.

So yeah; this is extremely close to my heart;
READ IT! ☺️
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Gosh, March, 2017, I believe?
(Although my first read was allll the way back in 2013! To say I need a re-read is an understatement haha).

vvvvvvv

Just FYI this is my first attempt at a more “review” review haha, so I’d really appreciate feedback!

This whole series changed my life. Such unique amazing concepts... I will forever love this freakin book and it’s companions in the chaos walking trilogy. STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND READ THIS NOW. It has everything!

For starters,

Everyone can hear everyone else’s thoughts for a certain distance, EVEN FREAKIN ANIMALS, MAN.

( sayyyy whaaaa?!? )

and so there’s constant “NOISE” which is talked about a lot by the main character, Todd, the narrator. This also means ANIMALS CAN “TALK” ! Rather, they use their thoughts to talk to you, in a way, which is absolutely perf. Ugh I loved this aspect.

There are NO WOMEN In their world, which is a HUGE, mysterious plot point. I mean, what good is a
society without women, amiright ?

It’s dystopian and post-apocalyptic.
It’s sci-fi and fantasy at the same time (perfection).
It’s an amazing coming of age story with a beautiful boy-and-his-dog forever friendship, ahh! ; oh how I love you, Manchee. 3.

ALSO-
AMAZING-BEAUTIFUL-PERFECT WRITING, CHARACTERS,
JOURNEY, OVERALL MESSAGE,
AND ITS SO UNIQUE! CANT STRESS THAT ENOUGH, SRSLYYY!

YOU WILL NOT WANT TO PUT THIS DOWN!

(Also, no worries, it’s not set in awful prentisstown forever